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The Marble Statue (German: Das Marmorbild) is an 1818 novella by the German writer Joseph von Eichendorff. Set around Lucca, it is about a man who struggles to choose between piety, represented by a musician and a beautiful maiden, and a world of art, represented by a statue of Venus.
David is a masterpiece [1] [2] of Italian Renaissance sculpture, created from 1501 to 1504 by Michelangelo. With a height of 5.17 metres (17 ft 0 in), the David was the first colossal marble statue made in the early modern period following classical antiquity, a precedent for the 16th century and beyond. David was originally ...
David, marble sculpture executed from 1501 to 1504 by the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo. The statue was commissioned for one of the buttresses of the cathedral of Florence and was carved from a block of marble that had been partially blocked out by other sculptors and left outdoors.
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Famous individual types and quarries include from classical times Parian marble from Paros, used for the Venus de Milo and many other Ancient Greek sculptures, and Pentelic marble, from near Athens, used for most of the Parthenon sculptures, and by the Romans.
It is a 14.0 ft marble statue depicting the Biblical hero David, represented as a standing male nude. Originally commissioned by the Opera del Duomo for the Cathedral of Florence, it was meant to be one of a series of large statues to be positioned in the niches of the cathedral’s tribunes, way up at about 80mt from the ground.
Portraits. The ancient Greeks and Romans honored individuals through portraiture, and this practice has endured through the centuries. Roman artists were especially renowned for rendering their subjects' true physical characteristics. Ancient sculptors also used costume, jewelry, and gesture to indicate a person's social or political status.
11 de mar. de 2018 · Here, we trace the evolution of marble sculpture, from the figurative marble statues of ancient Greece to more experimental contemporary works. Marble artworks have a prominent place in many major art movements and are among some of the most famous sculptures in the world.
